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P. H. BARRY.

POCKET PoR BILLIARD TABLES.

Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK H. BARRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET FOR BlLLlARD-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 253,664, dated February 14;, 1882.

Application filed December 23, 1881.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK HENRY BAR- RY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pockets for Billiard-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination of an independent or separate cushion with the metallic rail of a pocket for billiard-tables, said cushion being arranged below land project-ing inwardly beyond the inner edge of the pocket-rail, so that the force of a ball which is pushed into the pocketis partially intercepted by said cushion, and injury to the leather covering of the pocket-rail, and eventually to the ball, is prevented.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a plan or top view of a pocket provided with my cushion. Fig.2 is a vertical section ofthe same in the plane a: .'v, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In therrdrawings the letter A designates one of the corner pockets of a billiard-table, but my invention is also applicable to the middle pockets.

B is the metallic pocket-rail, which is secured to the wooden rails C G of the billiardtable in the usual manner, and from which is suspended the pocket, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pocket-rail B is protected by a leather covering, c, but it' a ball is pushed with great force into the pocket this leather covering is liable to be cut, and eventually the ball, 'it' it comes in contact with the bare rail, is lia- (No model.)

ble to be injured. In order to obviate this difficulty I apply beneath the edges of the pocketrail an independent or separate cushion, D, which projects slightly beyond the edge otl the rail, so that it intercepts and breaks the forcel of the. ball before the same comes in contact with the edge of the rail. This cushion may be iliade of india-rubber, leather, felt, or any other suitable material, and it is fastened in position by any suitable means, such as nails or screws, which pass through its ends into the wooden rails of the table.

By means of my cushion the balls are prevented from striking the edge ot' the pocketrail with undue force, the covering of saidrail is not liable to be cut, and injury to they ball is avoided.

My cushion also serves to reduce the noise which is created whenever a ball strikes the pocket-rail.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the ordinary pocketrail of a billiard-table, ot' an independent or separate cushion arrau ged below said rail and projecting inwardly beyond the inner edge ot' the rail to intercept and break the force of the 'ball before the latter strikes the rail, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK H. BARRY.

Witnesses:

W. HAUEE, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

